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Fearn
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1998
(© Roy Keen)
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Fearn
airfield, HMS Owl
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Airfield Today:
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Agriculture
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Tower Type:
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1. Watch Office for
Fighter Satellite Stations 17658/40
2. Standard Naval 4 storey Control Tower |
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Tower:
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1.
Derelict
2. Derelict (class C listed building), for sale with planning permission to be converted into a house details here |
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Other
Buildings:
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Not
known
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History:
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Opened as a satellite to Tain. 15/7/42 Transferred
to the Royal Navy as HMS Owl, a torpedo training school. 22/3/43 to 6/43, 747 Sqn formed here with Barracudas, moved to Inskip. 29/2/44 to 28/6/44, 841 Sqn. 5/44 to 10/44, 747 Sqn returned. 7/44 to 11/44, 717 Sqn formed here, moved to Rattray. 8/44 to 10/44, 714 Sqn re-formed here, moved to Rattray. 11/44 to 4/45, 837 Sqn. 3/45 to 7/45, 816 Sqn. 4/45 to 8/45, 817 Sqn. 7/45 to 8/45, 736 Sqn with Seafires. 11/45 to 5/46, 860 Sqn. 12/45 to 3/46, 708 Sqn, Firebrand Tactical Trials Unit. |
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First
Watch Office at Fearn 1998 (© Bruce
Symonds)
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HMS Owl
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Airfield:
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Torpedo Training School
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Opened:
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/1941
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Closed:
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2/7/1946
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ID Code:
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?
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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3, tarmac
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Hangars:
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1- 125' x 185', 2- 66'
x 75', 30- 60' x 70'
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County:
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Ross-shire, Scotland
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Location:
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8 miles NE of Invergordon
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OS Ref:
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NH842758
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Links:
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©:
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Photographs
© as stated
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Unknown
building with second control tower in the distance 1998
(© Bruce Symonds)
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Main
Hangar
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Guard
Room
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Decontamination
Block
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Ward
Room
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Bomb
Store
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Sewage
Site
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airfield
+ control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert truman 2003
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